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NHS Trust appoints non-executive directors
A new non-executive director has joined the board of South West Yorkshire Partnership Teaching NHS Foundation Trust. The Trust provides a range of community, mental health and learning disability services to people in Barnsley, Calderdale, Kirklees and Wakefield as well as specialist forensic (medium secure) …
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Trust reaccredited for customer service excellence
South West Yorkshire Partnership Teaching NHS Foundation Trust is celebrating being successfully re accredited against the government’s customer service excellence standard (CSE) – for the third year in a row. Following a robust assessment, including document reviews and site visits, the Trust was judged as …
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Wakefield intensive care unit given top accreditation
A specialist mental health service in Wakefield has been recognised nationally for providing high quality care to local people. The Trinity 1 psychiatric intensive care unit (PICU) at Fieldhead looks after people with mental health problems who need intensive care in a safe environment. …
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NHS Trust’s ‘harm free care’ praised nationally
A local NHS Trust’s work to ensure that its service users are free from harm has been recognised at a national level as good practice. South West Yorkshire Partnership Teaching NHS Foundation Trust has been commended by Salford-based innovation and improvement centre Haelo for its …
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Trust helps Kirklees go autism-friendly
Kirklees is going autism friendly with the launch of an innovative assessment tool to help improve environments. The Checklist for Autism Friendly Environments was developed by Kirklees Council and South West Yorkshire Partnership Teaching NHS Foundation Trust. It asks if people can consider whether there …
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MP to visit Art for Wellbeing project
Halifax MP Holly Lynch will visit a project that helps people tackle health-related problems through art. Art for Wellbeing is a partnership between the town’s Artworks School of Art and South West Yorkshire Partnership Teaching NHS Foundation Trust (SWYPFT) that takes a creative approach to …
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Trust selected as top place to work
South West Yorkshire Partnership Teaching NHS Foundation Trust is celebrating after being selected as one of the top places to work, according to the Health Service Journal (HSJ). The Trust has been shortlisted in the HSJ ‘Best Places to Work’ list, which celebrates the 120 …
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Trust shortlisted in two national awards
South West Yorkshire Partnership Teaching NHS Foundation Trust is celebrating success after being shortlisted in two national HSJ awards – including The Nursing Times Awards and The Value in Healthcare Awards. The Trust’s forensic child and adolescent mental health service team (Focus team) in Wakefield …
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Yorkshire Smokefree helping people to quit and get fit
People who have given up smoking in Calderdale are being given a chance to test out leisure facilities in the local area with the launch of a new initiative offered by Yorkshire Smokefree Calderdale. Yorkshire Smokefree Calderdale is run by South West Yorkshire Partnership Teaching …
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Make Ramadan your time to stop smoking
A local NHS stop smoking service is encouraging Muslims observing Ramadan to harness the willpower and determination they use for the month-long religious fast to quit smoking for good. Yorkshire Smokefree, which is run by South West Yorkshire Partnership Teaching NHS Foundation Trust, offers a …
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